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Re: Scandinavian skin boats -Landstrom
Nov 24, 2005, 12:30
Yes I agree, but the Scandinavian rock pictures date from 2000 BC to 200 BC. Perhaps the ones showing masts are later and of the Iron Age. The Hjortspring boat was excavated on the farm of that name on the Danish island of Als. Dated to 200 BC, it was 43 ft long and 6 ft wide. Round bottomed and made with five overlapping planks stitched together, but no sign of a mast.

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